Following up on parakkum's entry, I was tempted to list something like, "born in a country that I was never a citizen of," or "been in the eye of a typhoon," but I didn't really accomplish those as much as they happened to me. Similarly, I was also tempted to get really specific and say things like, "drank chianti with a nice coconunt-mango-vegetable salad and chili last night," but that perhaps defeats the purpose of this meme as well. Depending on who reads this entry, at least two of these could easily be disqualified (Push Stars and public transit), but we shall see:
- Burned myself with a homemade EKG
- Found a deadly poisonous mushroom while mushroom hunting
- Ate an entire pumpkin pie in one sitting during a pie-eating contest
- Performed in an opening act for the Push Stars
- Hiked to the top of two extinct volanoes (Mount Fuji and Vesuvius)
- Played videogames at an arcade as a typhoon approached (<200 miles) (cheating, yes, to get around the "accomplished" vs. "happened to me" qualification)
- Snorkeled off the coast of Okinawa
- Had coffee in the Captain's quarters of a US Navy vessel
- Flew three times between Japan and DC in two weeks
- Commuted on public transportation from Berkeley to Mountain View/Menlo Park/Anything past Millbrae (observing my fellow passengers, I'm pretty sure on this one)
Even less likely to be unique, due to fellow participants:
Filed a patent covering a novel mechanism for establishing secure connections in both the US and Europe (oh wait, DARN YOU BP!)
co-founded a failed startup company that made it to the front page of the WSJ





Comments (3)
Yes, but have you sold Hot Tomales to Roger Ebert?
Posted by David Ely
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February 24, 2005 11:39 AM
Posted on February 24, 2005 11:39
Were they Hot Tamales and Red Hots?
Posted by kwc | February 24, 2005 1:03 PM
Posted on February 24, 2005 13:03
hm.. so i could count "have sung with a favorite band in concert?" cool :)
thanks for that nudge towards the "stage," rcp.
Posted by jay | February 26, 2005 4:56 AM
Posted on February 26, 2005 04:56